Offering instructive guidance in an appealing format Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide directly supports student achievement. This exciting full-color series is specifically designed to help students write effective five-paragraph essays and beyond. Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide expands Greenhaven Press ® ’s celebrated Opposing Viewpoints product line, providing easy access to multiple sides of current, yet timeless debates — ideal subjects for persuasive writing. Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide has all students need to complete an essay on a chosen controversial topic. Using exemplary presentations of opposing viewpoints as research material, each book features: • Model essays that guide students in writing a particular five-paragraph essay, including persuasive, descriptive, expository, narrative, compare and contract, cause-and-effect essays • Guided reading and discussion questions that help students understand the essays themselves and target persuasive techniques authors use to compose convincing arguments • A final essay that encourages students to go beyond the five-paragraph model • Sequential step-by-step exercises that help students outline arguments, write introductions and conclusions, and ultimately construct their own essays • Supplemental materials that provide essay topic ideas • Bibliographic and electronic resources for further research • And more Grades 6-10 112 pages per title Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide New Titles from Greenhaven Press ® Take Critical Essays to the next level 1-800-877-GALE www.gale.com 1-800-877-GALE www.gale.com 1-800-877-GALE www.galeschools.com